New rumor has 2020 iPhone signalling the return of Touch IDWhat you need to know
Apple is said to have plans to bring Touch ID back to iPhone.
The under-display sensor would be built by Qualcomm.
2020 is pencilled in as the release year.
If this is true, what does it mean for Face ID?
A new report by the Economic Daily News (via MacRumors has Apple representatives meeting with Taiwanese company GIS to discuss the possibility of putting an under-display fingerprint sensor into a 2020 iPhone.
The report – or pair of reports, to be accurate – claims that Apple intends to use a Qualcomm ultrasonic fingerprint sensor in at least one of the iPhone models that are pencilled in for a 2020 release. However, the same reports note that the design could be pushed back to a 2021 iPhone instead. That, if anything, sounds like the hedging of bets to me.
As MacRumors notes, ultrasnoic fingerprints ensors are just one option here.
There are currently two types of under-display fingerprint sensors, including optical and ultrasonic. Opti...
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New rumor has 2020 iPhone signalling the return of Touch ID
